Sloppy Joes - A new recipe that got 2 thumbs up from the kids

As school gets closer and closer - it gets me to thinking about freezer meals.  I think what I love about freezer meals is that you do what you can when you can and you make your own rules.  If you don't want to do 10 meals at once.  Don't!  I tend to make a few depending on what is on sale at the grocery store at the meat counter.  

For today - I'm making an extra large batch of sloppy joes so that we can have some tonight and then freeze some to make in the Instant Pot on another night for a ridiculously easy dinner.

Let's Get Crafty!

Ingredients:

4 lbs hamburger browned

1 onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

8 oz tomato sauce

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup BBQ sauce

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon yellow mustard

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

2 can beef broth

Brown the hamburger with the veggies until completely cooked:

(once done keep half in the pot and put half in another container)

4 lbs hamburger

1 onion, diced

1 red bell pepper, diced

Whisk together until well combined:

(once done put half in the pot for tonight and put half in the other container you're freezing)

8 oz tomato sauce

2 tablespoons tomato paste

1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup BBQ sauce

2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce

1 tablespoon yellow mustard

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon black pepper

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 can beef broth

The meal for tonight: 

Bring to a gentle boil and then reduce the heat to simmer for another 10 minutes or so until the liquid has reduced into a beautiful thick sauce

For the meal you're freezing:

Stir the hamburger with the sauce until well combined and freeze until ready to use.  

When you're ready to use it - put the frozen sloppy joes directly into the instant pot with a little water (I'm going to do a 1/2 cup or so and that is it since there is beef broth in the mix) and cook on manual for 5 minutes using a 10 minute natural release.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you have a great day.